About Minx

Minx is a tiling X window manager. Here are some of its main features and
design goals:

Minimalism: Minx does not put any decorations on or around
top-level windows except for a simple border. It also does not
support task bars, panels, icons, menus, etc. All it does is
implement window layout policies that can be tailored to meet
personal tastes.

Customizability: Minx provides hooks into each and every
aspect of its operation so that end-users can alter its behaviour to
match their exact workflow.

Extensibility: Functionality not in the Minx core can be
added with minimal effort. For example, the bookmarks feature (aka
workspaces), although part of the core distribution, is, in fact,
implemented by taking advantage of Minx's ability to add arbitrary
state to the window manager object. In a similar vein, new layouts
are quite straightforward to implement.

Ease of use: The default configuration (hopefully) provides a
reasonable out-of-the-box experience (albeit different from
full-blown desktop environments such as GNOME or KDE and, of course,
subject to the constraints imposed by the desire to remain minimal).
However, changing the defaults is easy.

Keyboard centrism: All of Minx's actions can be accessed from
the keyboard, including window resizing and moving with as few as
4-5 keystrokes. The mouse, however, is supported.

Documentation: Minx has no dark corners. For
users, there are plenty of how-to's explaining common as well as
not-so-common configuration tasks. For developers, the code contains
comments explaining intent, rationale, etc. There are also Wiki
pages providing design overviews, explaining how the code is
structured, why it is that way, and, also, the development
methodology (branching policy, etc.).

Enjoy.

News

August 4, 2013

It's been a long time coming: ladies and gentlemen, presenting
version 0.2.0!.
At long last, Minx has support for tiling windows using layouts. We
only have the full layout as of now, but more are on the way...Release NotesChangelog

April 14, 2013

Version 0.1.9 blasts off.
If a window doesn't respond to the normal kill method, you can
"nuke" it off your display.Release NotesChangelog

April 14, 2013

Version 0.1.8 has arrived.
Minx can now launch new windows in addition to getting rid of
existing ones.Release NotesChangelog

April 13, 2013

After quite a hiatus: Version 0.1.7 is finally here.
Minx now has the power to kill windows with a single key! This
functionality is not in and of itself very complicated; in fact,
it's quite simple. Unfortunately, over the past two months, various
aspects of life intruded on Minx development. Hopefully, the pace
will pick up again now...Release NotesChangelog